Wrong to give govt false info for benefits?

govcheat

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Consider the situations listed below. Do you feel it is wrong or not wrong if. . . B. A person gives the government incorrect information about himself to get government benefits that he is not entitled to.

Values

[1] not wrong
[2] a bit wrong
[3] wrong
[4] seriously wrong
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1991, 1998

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for govcheat.

Counts by year:

year	iap	not wrong	a bit wrong	wrong	seriously wrong	don't know	no answer	Total
1991	158	27	49	586	645	25	27	1517
1998	1548	22	34	510	664	27	27	2832
Total	1706	49	83	1096	1309	52	54	4349